Ok, let's do that: 1 1 Java 12.961% -6.05% 2 2 C 6.477% -4.83% 3 3 C++ 5.550% -0.25% 4 4 C# 4.195% -0.71% 5 5 Python 3.692% -0.71%

Ok, let's do that: 1 1 Java 12.961% -6.05% 2 2 C 6.477% -4.83% 3 3 C++ 5.550% -0.25% 4 4 C# 4.195% -0.71% 5 5 Python 3.692% -0.71% 6 8 change Visual Basic .NET 2.569% +0.05% 7 6 change PHP 2.293% -0.88% 8 7 change JavaScript 2.098% -0.61% 9 9 Perl 1.995% -0.52% 10 12 change Ruby Of TCL's brethren Python, BDFL PHP, BDFL Perl, BDFL Ruby, BDFL The rest (even though you wouldn't compare them to TCL cuz they're not in the same niche) have/had huge corporate sponsors and/or are entrenched industry standards and have also had iconic/notable figureheads (Gosling, K&R, Stroustrup, Hejlsberg, Eich).